In the morning, Jiang Zhi sat in her rocking chair as usual, waiting for customers to come in.
This leisurely lifestyle gave her the illusion of a peaceful and idyllic life, and if you ignored the slight tremor of the earth last night, it really was like that.
Since the major undersea earthquake, earthquakes have become increasingly frequent.
However, being located inland and not in an earthquake zone, Jiangcheng's disaster was relatively minor. Apart from the initial major flood and the subsequent smaller flood peaks that lasted for a while, everything else was fine.
Seeing that no one was coming, Jiang Zhi brought out a plate of mangoes and ate them with toothpicks.
Wanfu went out to hunt down mutated animals, leaving Jiang Zhi without a source of amusement. Aside from cultivating her spiritual power and eating, she had little entertainment.
They just wait for someone to come to them, then perform a staged birth on the spot, and make a huge profit.
Ah, what simple and unadorned days.
"Guan Xu, hurry up! If what Xiong Dailin said is true, our base will be saved." Lao Man said urgently. As a strength-based ability user, he dragged the 600-pound steel frame and walked with a brisk pace.
"They're not going to run away right away, why are you making such a fuss?" Guan Shang complained from the side.
Guan Xu didn't say anything, but just stared at the road sign in front of him and the exchange rules stated on the sign.
It turns out the two people I met weren't lying; there really is such a thing as a mobile food store in the apocalypse.
Can we really exchange it for food?
Guan Xu spread out a single kernel of corn in his hand.
These were corn kernels he found while transporting grain at the base, and he always carried them with him.
Now it seems to have come in handy.
And all those heavy steel pieces behind him were things he and his family members had acquired along the way.
He originally only brought two younger people with him, but they ran into Lao Man, who was also out looking for food, on the way.
Lao Man was a junior manager at his base, and he lived alone.
After telling Lao Man their purpose, the four of them went together.
The sun wasn't as intense as it was yesterday because several large white clouds appeared in the sky. These clouds hung very low, and at first glance, they looked like they were strung across the blue sky.
Jiang Zhi licked her lips, wishing it were true.
There seemed to be a machine in the space that made it. Jiang Zhi touched her hand, but decided against it. Wasn't eating ice cream better?
"Look, we're here! Could that be Boss Jiang?" Old Man was very excited. Without even glancing at Guan Xu, he dragged the scrap metal towards where Jiang Zhi was.
Jiang Zhi also noticed this person, immediately put away her iced drink and tablet, and sat down in the old chair to pretend to doze off.
"You're the owner of the grain store? And you're a young woman?" Old Man's disbelief was followed by a hint of contempt in his voice.
Is it really true?
"Could this be a scam?"
"Honey trap?"
Old Man smacked his lips, and Guan Xu, who was standing to the side, couldn't stand it anymore. He immediately interrupted him and said to Jiang Zhi, "Hello, we've heard there's a grain exchange shop here. Can we exchange these steel and crystals for some grain?"
Jiang Zhi slowly opened her eyes and pointed to the scale next to her: "Weigh yourself first."
"Okay." Guan Xu immediately arranged for Guan Shang and Guan Xuan to weigh the steel they brought in batches.
Seeing that he couldn't get a word in edgewise, Lao Man could only follow behind and weigh himself.
Seeing that Jiang Zhi had closed her eyes again, Lao Man tried to secretly step on the scale with his foot, but as soon as he did, a bullet hit the ground between his legs, causing a cloud of dust to rise.
Old Man was so scared he almost peed his pants and nearly knelt on the ground.
Guan Xu stopped what he was doing, gave Lao Man a reproachful look, and then apologized, saying, "I'm really sorry, my companion here for the first time doesn't know the rules."
"There will be no next time," Jiang Zhi said coldly.
"We will remember."
Guan Xu and his group brought 927 jin of steel, and also chose to trade using a combination of crystals and steel.
However, he only had one corn seed. After Jiang Zhi took it, she led people to the open space and, after two rounds of stimulating growth, obtained the amount of corn that needed to be paid to Guan Xu.
Guan Xu left with over twenty kilograms of corn cobs, thanking everyone profusely. He was now leading his men to search for more metal and kill more mutated beasts.
This way, you can use the corn you have as seeds to exchange for more food.
To prevent the corn from getting moldy due to moisture, it needs to be dried in the sun. In this weather, drying it for a day is enough to prevent the corn from getting moldy.
However, exchanging corn is a worse deal than exchanging wheat or rice, because the corn cobs are too heavy.
Not to mention the corn cobs, Guan Xu didn't even spare the corn stalks.
He asked Jiang Zhi if the corn stalks also belonged to him, and Jiang Zhi gave him an affirmative answer.
Corn stalks and sugarcane have the same structure. Some of the corn stalks left on these corn cobs are still green and retain moisture, giving them a slightly sweet taste.
The group drank the sweet juice from the corn stalks, boiled and ate the corn cobs, kept one as seeds for the next exchange, and kept seven or eight corn cobs as their food.
Old Man remained silent the whole way. When Guan Xu saw this, he stepped forward to comfort him, saying, "Old Man, this is really unbelievable, so don't take it to heart. Think about it, we need to live now. There's nothing more important than living. Hurry up and come with us to find more metal so we can exchange it for more grain from Boss Jiang."
Old Man nodded. This was the first time he had suffered such a heavy injustice, and the other party was a woman.
I don't know what kind of magic pill Boss Jiang took, but he is much stronger than any wood-type ability user I have ever seen. He has produced so many corns and there is no sign of overexertion at all.
Who the other party is doesn't matter; what matters is that they can bring food.
Since the devastating earthquake, the already scarce food supply has been further exacerbated by the extensive damage caused by the earthquake.
People tragically discovered that the apocalypse was not over; it seemed to be the beginning of a new cycle, with extreme heat returning.
If alternating extremes of ice and fire become the norm, then the fate of humanity is predictable.
Who doesn't want to live? Only someone insane would choose to kill themselves.
Guan Xu understood perfectly well that at forty years old, he clearly hadn't lived enough.
After Jiang Zhi finished off Guan Xu's job, she looked at the pile of scrap metal, took out a gold brick, and sucked on it. Everything except the metallic components remained, turning into a puddle of powder that fell to the ground.
Sensing the faint message from BRICS, Jiang Zhi felt that one day BRICS might become the second Wanfu.
Of course, this is just her guess.
"Damn it, even though it's the end of the world, there are still people trading food. They must have robbed an entire granary!"
"Maybe she's a space-type ability user, just playing tricks here. Boss, let's teach her a lesson and find out where the food came from. Hehe, if she's really a beautiful woman, we're in luck, boss."
"Yeah, boss, I've heard that once a space-type ability user dies, the things in their space will explode out like loot dropping in a game. Just thinking about it is awesome!"
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